LOGINRaymond's pov"No!" Aurora's scream pierced the darkness far away in the matebond.Instantly awake, every particle in my body felt like it had been lit on fire. "What is it, love? What's wrong?"Little fists pummeled my chest. Her frail body thrashed in the bed next to me. "Don't touch me!"Still snared by unconsciousness, it was clear the battle was in her mind.Primal instinct drove me forward. I had no intention of letting her fight this adversary alone. Without thought, I blew our partial mate bond. wide open and delved into her subconscious. For a moment, I was disoriented by the chaos in her head. Stark fear swirled amidst nightmare images-darkness stained with slashes of red, so much blood. No concern for her own welfare, but desperately fighting for the precious innocent she carried in her belly."It's okay, you're safe!" I whispered urgently while trying to contain her flailing limbs without hurting her.Torment all-consuming, she couldn't hear me. Continuing to fight her ima
Not wanting to risk stressing Aurora, I continued to use the mind link, "I need you to stay with her tomorrow night."Mackline nodded, no break in her stoic expression, still annoyed at me. But I knew her better than that. The slightest twitch of pain in her eyes didn't escape my attention, revealing her struggle just as all of us mourned such a heavy loss."I don't know how... I'm going to leave her, "I murmured, getting to the heart of the matter.It was Mackline's turn to read my expression, to hear all of the words I'd left unsaid, just as I knew she would. She couldn't repair my stress but immediately, the female alpha in her began to plan, "For those hours, we could increase the Sentinels in number and tighten the perimeter around the pack. Additionally, Alpha Nigel....""Alpha Nigel?" I interrupted her, an eyebrow going up."He has been surprisingly resilient," she admitted wryly, "having gone up against his own pack, not once but twice, and lived to care about Aurora. Right no
Raymond's POV "Raymond," Grace's thoughts drifted through the pack mind link we shared. "Aurora needs your attention." The moment she said so, I instantly rose to my feet. Startled by my abrupt change in position, Mackline lurched to her feet, chest puffed out, ready for a fight. I expected Mackline's reaction, but what surprised me was Aurora's mother's similar response.Certainly lacking of any decent Alpha experience she could trust, betrayed by the one she had once believed would protect her family above all else, I wouldn't have begrudged her reluctance to blindly follow another Alpha so quickly, especially me. But there was no hesitancy in her response as she stood ready, hands out, naturally aligning herself to Mackline's body to provide me with optimal cover. Her eyes, however, burned with a quiet, seething anger directed squarely at me, anger she dared not voice, because she feared me. She would not lash out or blame me aloud for the condition her daughter lay in, yet
Picking up a dead leaf with her fingers, Aurora's mother crushed it in her fist as I stayed silent.“My daughter never deserves all the pain you have made her pass through,” She hissed as her head came up again. Agitation pushed her Wolf close to the surface, the pigment in her eyes darkening to match that of her beast. Both stared back at me. Undisguised malice and hate swirled in her expression, hate I knew was partly aimed at me yet she forced her voice to stay controlled.“I swear to you, she didn’t know the full truth of what her father did to your mother and the unborn pup, all the evil he did. I didn’t know it either. Not until Oracle Memoree visited me.” She spoke and there was no pretext in her words, just simple transparency. She was telling me the truth, even as the anger in her gaze never fully left.At this point, I couldn’t help myself. “I'm really sorry”, The words came out of my mouth before I could stop myself. Aurora’s mother raised her head, soulful green eyes lost
The second beeping of the medical pump caused Aurora's mother's head to jerk up. She looked at the machine and then swiveled her attention to Dr Voss, a question in her eyes. I was equally focused, watching Dr Voss move again swiftly to the pump. "Sorry for that again but I think its time for her to .... to....", Dr Voss started to stammer as she looked at me.I instantly understood what she was discreetly referring to. She was talking about Aurora's likely need for a change of a diaper soon. Aurora's mother certainly didn't need to be on hand for that process. Even though she was her mother, I didnt want her to see the damages they did to her private parts and besides that I had questions that needed answers.Answers from her and we had to be far from here. eE though Aurora remained unconscious, I didn't want her hearing our conversation. I wasn't willing to risk anything we talked about upsetting her."Let's, let's talk outside as the healers do their role." I spoke to her.Understa
Grace gently moved the sheet and light blanket, recovering Aurora's lower body. With a quick glance at the pump that was pushing much needed nutrition into Aurora's frail body, her careful brown eyes assessed the steadily dripping feeding tube for a moment. "That's it for now." Satisfied with the performance of the medical apparatus, Dr Voss turned back to me. "Okay so ......", Before I could finish my words, the sudden beeping of the medical pump cut through the room. Dr Voss moved swiftly to the machine. With the quick push of a button the sound cut off and she met my gaze panicking. "I need to flush the line, and I suspect she will need your assistance in about twenty minutes or so because she is not responding to the treatment. Her vitals are holding, but barely. She’s slipping further. No reaction to stimuli. If this continues......""Raymond, she has refused to respond even after the human medicine, please bring in her mother maybe it will help." Mackline stopped the doctor's w







